05/22/2024

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 05/22/2024
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Debate English
Book: Express Yourself 1
Title/Page: Read and Discuss Question 2-3 (page 96)
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌Notion (noun): An idea or belief about something.

Example sentence: "She had a notion that starting a garden would be a fun project."

📌Rationalize (verb): To try to explain or justify something with logical reasons, even if they are not true or appropriate.

Example sentence: "He tried to rationalize his decision to skip the meeting by saying it wasn't important."

📌For peanuts (phrase): For very little money; cheaply.

Example sentence: "He sold his old car for peanuts because he just wanted to get rid of it quickly."
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: They suggest me a little higher salary than before.
✔Better say: They offered me a slightly higher salary than before.

✖You said: I'm not going to company.
✔Better say: I'm not going to go through / I'm not going to continue with the application.

✖You said: She looks operating her business.
✔Better say: She looks like she is operating/running her (own) business.

✖You said:  You have to speak up if you feel unfair.
✔Better say: You have to speak up if you feel something is unfair.
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🔴 Homework:
Please take note of what you learned in this lesson and apply it in your future conversations.
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